France national football team
2018
France win their second World Cup title, defeating Croatia 4–2..
July-15
Historical Events on July 15
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Turkish Armed Forces
Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup.
2016
2014 Moscow Metro derailment
A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.
2014
Psy
South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style.
2012
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Jannatabad, Qazvin, Iran, killing 168.
2009
Space Shuttle program
2009
Space Shuttle program: Endeavour is launched on STS-127 to complete assembly of the International Space Station's Kibō module..
Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
2006
WarnerMedia
AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
2003
Taliban
"American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
2002
Anti Terrorism Court of Pakistan
The Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan sentences British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh to death, and three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl to life.
2002
Sri Lankan civil war
1998
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine..
Belgian Air Component
A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
1996
1983 Orly Airport attack
An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA, leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
1983
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo released the Famicom in Japan.
1983
President of the United States
U.S. president Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".
1979
Space Race
1975
Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets..
Aeroflot Flight E-15
Aeroflot Flight E-15 crashes on approach to Batumi International Airport, killing 40.
1975
Nicosia
In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing Makarios III and installing Nikos Sampson as the president of Cyprus.
1974
United Red Army
The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
1971
Vietnam War
Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
1966
Nobel Prize
1955
Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others..
Boeing 367-80
The Boeing 367-80, the prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series, takes its first flight.
1954
North Borneo
The State of North Borneo, now Sabah, Malaysia, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
1946
The Holocaust
The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins the deportation of 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to extermination camps.
1941
July Revolt of 1927
Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by Austrian police in Vienna.
1927
Japanese Communist Party
1922
The Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan..
Aftermath of World War I
Aftermath of World War I: The Parliament of Poland establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
1920
World War I
World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
1918
Seattle
In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
1916
Emil Kraepelin
In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
1910
Stratovolcano
1888
The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts, killing approximately 500 people in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan..
Reconstruction era
Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
1870
Canadian Confederation
Canadian Confederation: Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
1870
American Civil War
American Civil War: The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union Navy ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself.
1862
Airstrike
The first air raid in history occurs; Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice
1849
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1838
Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage..
Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years.
1834
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.
1823
Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon.
1815
Pike Expedition
Pike Expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west.
1806
Rosetta Stone
1799
The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign..
French Revolution
French Revolution: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
1789
Aleksei Chirikov
Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
1741
Saint Petersburg
Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.
1738
Royal Academy of Turku
The first university of Finland, the Royal Academy of Turku, is inaugurated in Turku.
1640
Muhammad XII of Granada
1482
Muhammad XII is crowned the twenty-second and last Nasrid king of Granada..
Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War
Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War: Battle of Grunwald: The allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the army of the Teutonic Order.
1410
John Ball (priest)
John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of King Richard II of England.
1381
Swedish–Novgorodian Wars
Swedish–Novgorodian Wars: A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva.
1240
John, King of England
King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop Stephen Langton.
1207
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
1149
The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre is consecrated in Jerusalem..
First Crusade
First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege.
1099
An Lushan rebellion
An Lushan Rebellion: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang is ordered by his Imperial Guards to execute chancellor Yang Guozhong by forcing him to commit suicide or face a mutiny. General An Lushan has other members of the emperor's family killed.
756
AD 70
First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar).
70
Temple of Castor and Pollux
Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome.
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